Skinny Chicken Alfredo Recipe

This Skinny Chicken Alfredo made with a simple homemade alfredo sauce is so delicious that you won't even miss all the fat and calories of traditional chicken alfredo. Even though this healthier chicken alfredo is low on calories, it is still full of flavor.

Calling all pasta lovers! Now you can have your alfredo sauce and not feel guilty eating it! This recipe has become a family favorite.

the best homemade alfredo sauce- made healthier!

Our secret to the best homemade alfredo sauce is using cream cheese and parmesan cheese.

Even though this is a healthier version of chicken alfredo, this alfredo sauce is so creamy and flavorful that you won’t even know you are saving yourself some extra calories.

So many other alfredo sauces are filled with heavy cream and tons of butter. This healthier chicken alfredo sauce only has 1 tablespoon of butter!

The flavor in this Skinny Alfredo Sauce comes from sautéing a little butter and garlic together before adding a cheese and milk mixture.

how to make healthy chicken alfredo

My husband and I have been trying to eat healthier and love pasta.

Rather than sacrificing flavor, I lightened up our family’s favorite chicken alfredo recipe to make a homemade alfredo sauce that was lower in fat and calories.

My husband said it was the best homemade chicken alfredo I have ever made!

I started by placing milk, low fat cream cheese, flour and salt in a blender and blended it until it was completely smooth.

Meanwhile, in a skillet over medium heat, I melted a tablespoon of butter and some garlic for a minute then whisked in the blended milk mixture, stirring constantly for 3-5 minutes.

Continue stirring the sauce over heat until it reaches your desired thickness, then mix in some parmesan cheese and cooked chicken and toss it all together.

I served this Skinny Chicken Alfredo Sauce over fettuccine noodles, topped with some fresh parsley and served. Quick, easy and delicious!

Other chicken alfredo ingredients:

Try tossing some of these ingredients in your chicken alfredo before serving for some more flavor and texture! I love adding vegetables to our Skinny Chicken Alfredo to help my kids eat a little better.

steamed broccoli

cooked asparagus

roasted red peppers

sun-dried tomatoes

spinach

cooked peas

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It does have nutrition facts!! :) Just click on the "Magic" button under the picture above. Then click on "Nutrition". It is our new sister blog MyRecipeMagic.com. Be sure to check it out! -The Six Sisters

I can't wait to try this! I've made one that is better than Olive Garden's but it's way to high in everything and so bad for you that it's good for once a year but it's out of this world good. I will gladly trade that for this if I can have it more than once a year LOL.

I don't usually comment on recipes no matter how much I like them but oh my Lord this is amazing! I'm literally eating my first bowl right now and you would never know it was healthy! And so easy to make, too. Definitely a new favorite! Thanks!

This is great! Me and my boyfriend were looking for some good and healthy recipes, because we eat the same food all the time and we absolutely love this! Just tried it out and oh my god... we could eat it every day. Thank you for posting it and thank you for posting it on Pinterest - or whoever did it ;)

Hi Six Sisters! I just wanted to say that I love all your recipes. Every single one I've tried is amazing! Quick question, I don't have a blender. Could I use my Kitchen Aid stand mixer? Also I used grated parmesan topping in my first run of this recipe, like the kind you put on top of pasta. Was I supposed to use shredded parmesan cheese? Thanks!! :)

Kitchen Aid stand mixer works great! You can use either the grated parmesan cheese or shredded. They will give it basically the same taste. Hope this helps and thanks so much for stopping by our blog! Have a great day! :)

This recipe was amazing! My husband loved it and ate the whole pan lol. It was so creamy and light. The only thing I changed was I sauteed some mushrooms and added them to the sauce. So good and I can't wait to make it again!
Thank You!

Hello, when I click on the magic button it shows that this recipe is only 200 something calories but when I put it in a calorie counter it says its 511 per serving. Do you know why this might be? THanks!

Hi Chris. We have changed the MAGIC button to NUTRITION button. We are adding it right now. A few slipped through the cracks over the holidays. Hope this helps on the Nutritional information on this recipe.

I made this tonight, it was good, but i would suggest using a little less parm cheese. Mine was very thick so I would suggest using more milk, and less cheese. It was still good, but I'd like it to be a lot less thick. It was really good though.

I need to bring a casserole to a group event. What do you think about doing your recipe - maybe increase the sauce and slightly undercook the pasta?? - so that it can be assembled ahead and baked?? Any suggestions??

Reading this recipe I thought there was an insane amount of milk in it. Now I don't know if it's because I didn't use cow's milk or what, but the Alfredo sauce was so liquidy, I even added more cream cheese, simmered it for a while, didn't matter, it was so wet. Next time I'll just wing it instead of following recipe

Step number 4 in the directions is the point where you will know if you need to thicken it up a little more. If your heat is not high enough, it will not thicken either. We have always used cows milk in this recipe. So I'm not sure if that was part of the problem or not. You can always add a little more flour to the mixture. We have not had a problem with this recipe getting thick.